7:30AM - 9:00AM REGISTRATION & COFFEE California Lounge (Ballroom Lobby) 7:45AM - 8:30AM NEW ATTENDEES ORIENTATION California Ballroom 8:30AM – 9:00AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION California Ballroom

9:00AM - 10:00AM KEYNOTE - MEM FOX - INSIDE THE WRITER’S HEAD: THE WRITERLY THOUGHTS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS California Ballroom

10:15AM - 11:30AM EDITORS’ PANEL - WHAT HOOKS ME - JORDAN BROWN, BALZER + BRAY/WALDEN POND PRESS/HARPERCOLLINS, JULIE STRAUSS-GABEL, DUTTON/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, ALLYN JOHNSTON, BEACH LANE BOOKS/SIMON AND SCHUSTER, ROTEM MOSCOVICH, DISNEY-HYPERION, SARA SARGENT, HARPERCOLLINS, ALISON WEISS, SKY PONY PRESS. MODERATED BY WENDY LOGGIA, DELACORTE/ PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE California Ballroom

11:45AM – 12:45PM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

BONNIE BADER - THE ABC’S OF SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO PUBLISHERS Constellation I

JENNY BENT - PARTS OF A QUERY LETTER Pacific Room

JANE O’CONNOR - PACING IN PICTURE BOOKS Olympic I

EMMA DRYDEN/RANA DIORIO/ALISON WEISS - SMALL PRESSES: THOUGH THEY BE SMALL THEY BE FIERCE Brentwood

STEPHEN FRASER - WHAT’S SELLING? Westwood

DEBORAH HALVERSON - THE ULTIMATE CHECKLIST FOR SUBMITTING YOUR MG/YA TO EDITORS LA Ballroom

VARIAN JOHNSON - USING EXTENDED METAPHOR TO LAYER YOUR NOVEL Directors I & II

NATALIE LAKOSIL/KATHLEEN RUSHALL - STRATEGIZING YOUR SUCCESS: AGENT SECRETS REVEALED Encino

STEVEN MALK - A STEP-BY-STEP LOOK AT HOW I DECIDE TO TAKE ON A CLIENT Constellation II

MIRANDA PAUL - CREATIVE NONFICTION PICTURE BOOKS Governors I

LAUREN RILLE - A LOOK BEHIND THE BOOK: THE INS-AND-OUTS-AND-IN-BETWEENS OF THE PICTURE BOOK PROCESS Palisades

DAN SANTAT - ILLUSTRATION BY DESIGN: DON’T DRAW BETTER, DESIGN SMARTER Westside Room

SARA SARGENT - PERFECTING YOUR YA FANTASY NOVEL: THE HOW-TOS AND WHAT-NOT-TO-DOS Olympic II

12:45PM - 2:00PM LUNCH BREAK12:45PM - 1:45PM LUNCHTIME CHAT: LET’S TALK DIVERSITY Xbar Patio

2:00PM - 2:45PM KEYNOTE - MEG WOLITZER - SWITCHING HATS: WRITING FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG ADULTS California Ballroom

3:00PM - 3:45PM KEYNOTE - ADAM REX - HOW I MAKE PICTURE BOOKS California Ballroom 4:00PM – 5:00PM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

JAMIE WEISS CHILTON - AGENTS: EVERY-THING YOU NEED TO KNOW Westside Room

TERRI FARLEY - NONFICTION WRITING FOR FICTION WRITERS Governors I

ALISON WEISS - TEN THINGS YOU’RE DOING WRONG IN MG Olympic II

JULIE STRAUSS-GABEL - FIRST PAGES: READ ALOUD AND REACT Constellation I

BARRY GOLDBLATT - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A WRITER AND BEING AN AUTHOR Olympic I

MOLLY IDLE - HOW TO CREATE MOVEMENT IN YOUR CHARACTERS AND COMPOSITIONS Directors I & II

KATHLEEN KRULL AND PAUL BREWER - HOW TO MAKE NONFICTION FUNNY Palisades

WENDY LOGGIA - FINDING YOUR YA VOICE LA Ballroom

ROTEM MOSCOVICH - THE ROAD TO AQUISITIONS Westwood

PATTI ANN HARRIS - PLAYING WITH PAGE TURNS Encino

ALEXANDRA PENFOLD - POETRY AND PROSE IN PICTURE BOOKS Constellation II

JEN ROFÈ - STRONG FIRST PAGES Brentwood

ELIZA WHEELER - BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: FROM FIRST-TIME TO FULL-TIME Pacific Room

5:00PM – 6:00PMSUCCESS STORY PANEL - TIPS ON HOW TO REALIZE YOUR DREAM - MARTHA BROCKENBROUGH, MIKE CURATO, STACEY LEE, LORI NICHOLS, AND ANNA SHINODA. MODERATED BY LEE WIND. California Ballroom

6:15PM – 7:30PM PAL BOOKSALE Plaza Pavilion

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES: 7:30PM - 9:30PM PEER GROUP CRITIQUES MODERATED BY JIM AVERBECK Constellation I7:30PM - 8:45PM YOGA FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WITH LORI SNYDER Constellation II7:30PM - 9:00PM ILLUSTRATOR SOCIAL Olympic I7:30PM - 9:00PM LGBTQ Q&A Westwood7:30PM - 9:00PM INTERNATIONAL MEMBER SOCIAL Brentwood7:30PM - 9:00PM NONFICTION SOCIAL Westside

Friday - July 31, 2015

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7:45AM - 8:30AM MORNING COFFEE California Lounge (Ballroom Lobby)

8:30AM - 9:30AM KEYNOTE - DAN SANTAT - ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE TASTE: STORIES OF HOW SCBWI HELPED ME AND HOW I GREW AS AN AUTHOR WHEN I WASN’T AT THE CONFERENCE California Ballroom

9:45AM – 11:00AM AGENTS’ PANEL - INSIDE THE CHILDREN’S BOOK MARKET - JENNY BENT, THE BENT AGENCY, BRENDA BOWEN, GREENBURGER ASSOCIATES, BARRY GOLDBLATT, BARRY GOLDBLATT LITERARY, KRISTIN NELSON, NELSON LITERARY AGENCY, LLC, ALEXANDRA PENFOLD, UPSTART CROW LITERARY, AND JODI REAMER, WRITERS HOUSE California Ballroom

11:15AM – 12:15PM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

KWAME ALEXANDER - YOU’RE NOT JUST WRITING A BOOK, YOU’RE BUILDING A CAREER: 7 STEPS TO PUBLISHING SUCCESS Olympic II

BONNIE BADER - CHAPTER BOOKS: WHAT’S WORKING AND WHAT’S NEW Westwood

JORDAN BROWN - WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT “VOICE” LA Ballroom

MIKE CURATO/BRENDA BOWEN - THE ARTIST AGENT RELATIONSHIP Brentwood

CANDACE FLEMING/ERIC ROHMANN - SEVEN SIMPLE FIXES FOR THE PICTURE BOOK TEXT Pacific Room

STEPHEN FRASER - CHILDREN’S BOOKS 101 Westside Room

MICHELLE KNUDSEN - OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE: BUILDING YOUR FANTASY UNIVERSE Encino

KATHLEEN KRULL - BREAKING THE RULES OF NONFICTION Governors I

STEVEN MALK - HOW TO BE THE AUTHOR OR ILLUSTRATOR PUBLISHERS ARE SEEKING Constellation II

NANETTE MCGUINNESS – THE ART AND BUSINESS OF TRANSLATION Directors I & II

KRISTIN NELSON - BE AN AGENT FOR A DAY Constellation I

MEG WOLITZER - MUSHY MIDDLES: OR, THAT PART OF THE BOOK WHERE EVERYTHING GETS VAGUE AND REPETITIVE, AND HOW TO AVOID IT Olympic I

DAN YACCARINO - CREATING UNFORGET-TABLE PICTURE BOOK CHARACTERS Palisades

12:15PM - 1:30PM LUNCH BREAK

1:30PM - 2:00PM KEYNOTE - JANE O’CONNOR -BORROWING FROM LIFE: CREATING A CHARACTER California Ballroom

2:15PM - 3:00PM KEYNOTE - VARIAN JOHNSON - IF IT WERE EASY, EVERYONE WOULD DO IT California Ballroom

3:15PM - 4:15PM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

ADAM REX - CHARACTERS WITH CHARACTER Constellation I

JENNY BENT - A ROAD MAP FOR CAREER SUCCESS LA Ballroom

JANE O’CONNOR - WRITING BIOGRAPHIES Brentwood

JOE CEPEDA - STYLE VERSUS VOICE, AN ILLUSTRATOR’S VIEW Pacific Room

KRISTY DEMPSEY - HOW TO NOT HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN WHILE WAITING Governors II

EMMA DRYDEN - SELF-PUBLISHING: TEN (OR MORE) THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CONSIDERING SELF-PUBLISHING Westside Room

TERRI FARLEY - GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SERIES Governors I

DANIEL HARMON - CREATING NONFICTION FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS Palisades

ALLYN JOHNSTON/MEM FOX - LET’S TALK PICTURE BOOKS . . . Q&A AND SOME READ ALOUD FUN! Olympic II

MICHELLE KNUDSEN/JODI REAMER/JULIE STRAUSS-GABEL - BUILDING A CAREER BODY OF WORK Constellation II

WENDY LOGGIA - FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Olympic I

KRISTIN NELSON - THE NITTY-GRITTY: HOW DIGITAL IS TRANSFORMING THE PUBLISHING LANDSCAPE Westwood

LORI NICHOLS - GETTING STARTED IN CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION Directors I & II

DAN YACCARINO - FROM BOOK TO TV: CREATING YOUR PITCH Encino

4:30PM - 5:00PM KEYNOTE - MOLLY IDLE - YES AND: SETTING THE STAGE FOR CRAZY CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT California Ballroom

5:15PM - 6:00PM DIVERSITY IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS - JOE CEPEDA, BRANDY COLBERT, VARIAN JOHNSON, I.W. GREGORIO, AND NICOLA YOON. MODERATED BY MIRANDA PAUL California Ballroom

6:00PM - 6:45PM AUTOGRAPH SESSION - JANE O’CONNOR AND ADAM REX California Lounge (Ballroom Lobby)

6:30PM - 7:30PM PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE AND RECEPTION Pavilion (Plaza Level)

7:30PM - 10:30PM THE 2015 POOLSIDE GALA - SPARKLE & SHINE PARTY Poolside (Lobby Level) COME IN YOUR “SPARKLIEST” AND “SHINIEST” ATTIRE! PRIZES GIVEN FOR THE MOST CREATIVE.

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SPARKLE & SHINE PARTY

8:00AM – 8:30 AM MORNING COFFEE California Lounge (Ballroom Lobby)

8:30AM – 9:00AM KEYNOTE - DEBORAH HALVERSON - UP-TO-THE-MINUTE MARKET REPORT California Ballroom

9:15AM – 9:45AM KEYNOTE - STEPHEN FRASER - MIDDLE GRADE PERFECTION: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM CLASSIC AND BEST-SELLING BOOKS California Ballroom

9:45AM - 10:30AM KEYNOTE - SHANNON HALE - OPENING UP THE CLUBHOUSE: BOYS, GIRLS, AND GENDERLESS BOOKS California Ballroom

10:45AM – 11:45AM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

BRENDA BOWEN - THINKING OF YOURSELF AS A BUSINESS Westwood

MARTHA BROCKENBROUGH - JUMPSTART YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA . . . TEN BEST TIPS Constellation II

NICOLA YOON/STACEY LEE/VIRGINIA BOECKER - NAVIGATING YOUR DEBUT YEAR Encino

BRANDY COLBERT - HOW TO WRITE COMPELLING SUPPORTING CHARACTERS Governors II

CANDACE FLEMING - FIVE SECRETS TO WRITING NARRATIVE NONFICTION Governors I

PAUL FLEISCHMAN - WRITING PICTURE BOOK TEXT Westside Room

BARRY GOLDBLATT/JEN ROFÉ - CAREER GUIDANCE Constellation I

MOLLY IDLE - INCORPORATING CINEMATIC SENSIBILITIES INTO YOUR WORK Directors I

ALLYN JOHNSTON/MEM FOX - LET’S TALK PICTURE BOOKS . . . Q&A AND SOME READ ALOUD FUN! Olympic II

ROTEM MOSCOVICH - ALL ABOUT THE DISNEY-HYPERION IMPRINT Brentwood

PATTI ANN HARRIS - CREATING MEMORABLE PICTURE BOOK CHARACTERS Palisades

SARA SARGENT/AARON KARO - YOU’RE FUNNIER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE: HOW TO WRITE HUMOR FOR KIDS AND TEENS Pacific Room

MEG WOLITZER/JULIE STRAUSS-GABEL - REVISION: HOW AN AUTHOR AND AN EDITOR WORK TOGETHER Olympic I

SUSAN RUBIN - POINT OF VIEW IN NONFIC-TION WRITING Directors II

12:00PM – 2:30PM GOLDEN KITE LUNCHEON & AWARDS PRESENTATIONKEYNOTE - DAN YACCARINO LA Ballroom

2:45PM – 3:45PM WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONE TO ATTEND)

ADAM REX - THE 32 THINGS I’VE LEARNED SINCE I GOT MY FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED Constellation II

PAUL FLEISCHMAN - NONFICTION FOR FIRST TIMERS Palisades

SHANNON HALE - WRITING WITH KIDS: THE MARVELOUS HIGH WIRE ACT OF WRITER PARENTS Westside

DEBORAH HALVERSON - TECHNIQUES IN NEW ADULT FICTION Governors II

STACEY LEE/ANNA SHINODA - NARRATIVE TENSION: HOW TO KEEP THEM UP ALL NIGHT Brentwood

LORI NICHOLS - COLLABORATING WITH EDITORS, ART DIRECTORS AND AGENTS Directors I & II

ALEXANDRA PENFOLD - THE CHALLENGES OF SELLING A PICTURE BOOK TODAY Olympic II

LAUREN RILLE - ASK ME ANYTHING! A CANDID Q&A Encino

DAN SANTAT - WRITING FROM AN ILLUSTRA-TOR’S PERSPECTIVE Constellation I

DEBORAH WILES - STRUCTURING YOUR NOVEL: PROVIDING A SCAFFOLD FOR YOUR PLOT Westwood

I.W. GREGORIO/MIRANDA PAUL/NICOLA YOON - RESEARCH TOOLS: WRITING OUTSIDE YOUR DIVERSITY Pacific Room

JORDAN BROWN - FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR REVISION Olympic I

4:00PM – 4:45PM KEYNOTE - KWAME ALEXANDER - TAKING THE CREATIVE L.E.A.P. California Ballroom

5:00PM - 6:30PM AUTOGRAPH PARTY California Ballroom

7:30PM - 8:45PM YOGA FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WITH LORI SNYDER Constellation II

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Sunday - August 2, 2015

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